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John Deere Evergreen Park Juvenile Challenge
HONEYS PAINTED POP
by Tracy Gantz
Buckey Stockwell has done well in Canada with Oklahoma-bred foals out of the mare Gols Honey
Money Pop.
In 2017, Stockwell’s Honeys
Pop A Tac finished second in the Canada Quarter Horse Cup Futurity-G3.
This year, Stockwell won the $34,581 John Deere Evergreen Park Juvenile Challenge with Honeys Painted Pop.
Honeys Painted Pop finished sec- ond to fastest-qualifier Light Footed
that margin to the top of the stretch where he aired it out and won by 1 1/2-lengths in :18.346 for 350 yards.
The $16,600 winner’s share pushed the geldings earnings to $17,397 and his record is now 2-1(1)-1-0.
Stockwell also trains Honeys Painted Pop and owns him with Tracey Beakstead and Bob Perlich.
Gary Kurz bred both Honeys Painted Pop and Honeys Pop A
Tac and sold them as yearlings at Heritage Place. Stockwell purchased Honeys Pop A Tac in 2017 from Kurz for $8,700. The next year, Kurz consigned Honeys Painted Pop to the yearling sale with Lazy E Ranch as agent. Bret Vickery, who has trained for Stockwell at Los Alamitos, signed the ticket for $20,000.
Kurz bred and raced Gols
Honey Money Pop, who earned $69,108 in her race career winning the 2010 Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge-G3. The mare has three starters, and all of them are winners.
William Leech owns and trains second-place Light Footed (Stel Corona-Chickafirst), who broke her maiden in the trials to this race as the fastest qualifier. Ricardo Moreno piloted the filly.
Ton Kenway bred, owns, and trains Double Cruise (BD Cruiser-Eye Cruise), who finished third under the guidance of Trevor Simpson. The colt previously won the Alberta Stallion Stakes Futurity at Century Mile.
Completing the field were Suits (First Timber-Burners Beauty) and Eyesa Cruiser (BD Cruiser-Eyesa Screamer). Allthespeedyouneed, Clear To See, and Quarter Sawn were scratched.
Evergreen Park • $34,581 350 yards • :18.346 • si 83
Corona Cartel
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Dashin Follies
HONEYS PAINTED POP, ‘17-g.
Gol
Gols Honey Money Pop
Gotta Money Pop
in their Aug. 3 John Deere Evergreen Park Juvenile Challenge trial. The trials were the first official start for Honeys Painted Pop, and he managed to get up for second even though he was bothered at the start in his heat.
In the finals, Light Footed
was the 4-5 favorite, and Honeys Painted Pop was the second-choice.
Ridden by D.I. Benitez, Honeys Painted Pop broke on top, had a length lead at the first call and held
Photo by Clive Cohen Photography
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